14-letter words containing f, i, p
- partially deaf — suffering from hearing loss; partly deaf
- parturifacient — inducing or accelerating labor, or childbirth; oxytocic.
- party official — an official of a political party
- passive safety — the practice of taking measures to reduce the consequences of accidents, as opposed to attempting to avoid them altogether
- patresfamilias — a plural of paterfamilias.
- pay for itself — If something that you buy or invest in pays for itself after a period of time, the money you gain from it, or save because you have it, is greater than the amount you originally spent or invested.
- peace offering — any offering made to procure peace.
- pelican-flower — a woody vine, Aristolochia grandiflora, of the West Indies, having heart-shaped leaves and purple-spotted, purple-veined flowers from 18 to 24 inches (46 to 61 cm) wide with a long, taillike structure at the tip of the corolla.
- peltier effect — the change in temperature of either junction of a thermocouple when a current is maintained in the thermocouple and after allowance is made for a temperature change due to resistance.
- penny-farthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
- pentland firth — a strait between N Scotland and the Orkney Islands, linking the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean: noted for its rough sea conditions. 14 miles (23 km) long.
- perfectibilism — the belief in the perfectibility of human nature
- perfectibilist — (predominantly in relation to the Illuminati) a person who believes that a given thing, usually human nature, is perfectible
- perfectibility — capable of becoming or of being made perfect; improvable.
- perfectiveness — the state or quality of being perfective
- perfidiousness — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- performability — the quality of being performable
- petty official — a minor official in government, etc
- phenosafranine — safranine (def 2).
- photofinishing — the act or occupation of developing films, printing photographs, etc.
- picture-framer — a person or company whose job is to frame photographs, paintings etc
- piece of eight — peso (def 4).
- pigeon fancier — sb who breeds pigeons
- pigs might fly — If you say 'pigs might fly' after someone has said that something might happen, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unlikely.
- pinafore dress — a sleeveless dress worn over a blouse or sweater
- pinxter flower — a variety of azalea (Rhododendron nudiflorum) with pink, sweet-smelling flowers, purplish-red at the base
- play the field — an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
- play with fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- point of honor — an issue that affects one's honor, reputation, etc.: It was a point of honor with him to avenge any insult to his family.
- point of order — a question raised as to whether proceedings are in order, or in conformity with parliamentary law.
- police officer — any policeman or policewoman; patrolman or patrolwoman.
- polyfunctional — containing more than one functional group.
- pontifications — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- porcupine fish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
- portrait flask — a glass flask of the 19th century having a portrait molded onto the side.
- postfix syntax — postfix notation
- potential flow — Potential flow is a way of describing flow in a fluid using streamlines.
- potter's field — a piece of ground reserved as a burial place for strangers and the friendless poor. Matt. 27:7.
- pouilly fuissé — a dry white Burgundy wine made from the chardonnay grape
- pouilly-fuisse — a dry, white wine from Burgundy.
- prairie falcon — a North American falcon, Falco mexicanus, grayish-brown above and white barred with brown below.
- prefabrication — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
- preferentially — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
- preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- press briefing — a meeting called by an organization, government, etc, to inform the press of something
- prettification — to make pretty, especially in a small, petty way: to prettify a natural beauty.
- preunification — of the period before unification
- pride of china — the chinaberry, Melia azedarach.
- pride of place — the highest or most outstanding position; first place.
- pride-of-india — chinaberry (sense 1)